A Poliomyelitis-like Syndrome from West Nile Virus Infection
- 17 October 2002
- journal article
- letter
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 347 (16) , 1279-1280
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm2002c021587
Abstract
Muscle weakness is a common finding and an important predictor of death in patients with West Nile virus encephalitis.1,2 Yet this important sign does not have a defined pathological basis. In monkeys, horses, and birds, West Nile virus causes poliomyelitis.3-5 Our clinical and electrodiagnostic findings in three consecutive patients with confirmed West Nile virus infection suggest that the virus also attacks the spinal cord in humans.Keywords
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